Hanger for wall-radiators.



G. I. CHITTENDEN.

HANGER FOR WALL RADIATORS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.19, 1914.

1,172,582. Patented Feb. 22,1916.

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HANGER FOR WALL-RADIATOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

Application filed March 19, 1914. Serial No. 825,733.

To allwhom it may] concern:

'Be it known that I, GEORGE I. CHITTENDEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hangers for \Vall-Radiators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to hangers for wall radiators and has for its chief object to provide a hanger which is more eflicient .and satisfactory than the hangers which have been used heretofore.

Mor specifically considered, the invention aims to provide a hanger which is less susceptible to breakage either before or after the hanger is put into use, and which admits of closer or more accurate adjustment of the" radiator engaging parts than is possible with prior hangers which have been put into practical use.

Still further, th invention aims to provide a construction wherein a radiator sup porting rod which is normally supported by a bracket which in turn is secured to the wall may be assembled or removed without the necessity of securing the bracket to the wall at a distancefrom the floor equal to the full length of the rod.

The above and other objects are accom plished by my invention, which may be briefly summarized as consisting in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts and details of. construction which will bedescribed in the specification and set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings wherein I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hanger as a whole, with the parts in assembled relationship; Fig. 2 is a side view of the hanger showing the manner in which it is supported from the wall and showing the way it supports the radiator. the latter being shown by dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the hanger substantially along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, the parts being shown on an enlarged scale.

The hanger constructed in accordance with my invention, includes supporting means adapted to be attached to the wall, this supporting means being preferably formedv from one piece. and being here shown in the form of a bracket 10, which is adapted to be attached to the wall by bolts 11 or equivalent means, said bracket including a straight back portion which'engages the wall and outstandingears 12, which are bent at right angles to the body portion. The bracket 10 is preferably formed from a strip or bar of wrought iron which can be readily bent to shape, and is not easily, broken.

Thehanger includes also a rod 13, the upper part of which is round, and is threaded to receive nuts to be referred to presently, and the lower part of which is flattened or of rectangular shape in cross section, as shown at 1 1. At its extreme lower end, the rod is bent laterally, forming a lower seat 15 for the radiator, which is shown by dotted lines at 16. The seat 15 may be provided with rollers 17 upon which the radiator may rest in the manner shown so as to permit slight movement endwise of the radiator, due to expansion or contraction. I do not regard the rollers, however, as essential inthe constructlon.

The rod 13 passes through both the upper and lower ears 12 ofthe bracket 10, the upper ear having a round opening through which the rod passes, and the lower ear having a rectangular shaped opening to accommodate the rectangular lower part of the .rod, this being shown particularly in Figs.

1 and 3. The lower ear is provided also with an opening or slot 18 leading outwardly from the rectangular opening which receives the rectangular part of the rod. The purpose of this will appear presently.

ranged above and one below the clamp.

The hanger above described is not expensive or diilicult to make or to assemble and is not easily broken, either before the hanger is put into use, or after it is mounted in position, and is supporting the radiator. Additionally by simply adjusting the nut 19, the rod as a whole and the radiator is adjusted vertically, and this adjustment can be made very accurately. This accurate adjustment is of great importance to secure proper drainage effects, and also to insure I which are -required to support a radiator that all the difierent hangers supporting the radiator bear equal parts 01E the total load supported. Additionally the upper clamp 20 can be adjusted to any height desired by an adjustment of the nuts 21, so that said clamp will assume just the desired position with respect to the lower radiator seat. This adjustment can also be made very accurately.

In assembling the parts, the bracket will first be secured to the wall, and then the rod is placed in position. lVith the special shape of the lower part of the rod and of the openings in the lower car 12, the rod canbe placed in position the ears of the bracket without the necessity of securing the bracket to the wall at a distance from the floor equal to the length of the rod, as would be the case if the openings in both ears were the same, and if it were necessary to place the rod beneath the lower ear and elevate the same to cause the rod to pass through the ears. By reason of this feature, the radiator can be supported very close to the floor, and in this respect my improved hanger has a great advantage over some of the hangers of which this invention is an improvement. An additional advantage of the rectangular shape of the lower part of the rod is that it prevents the rod turning in the ears.

By providing a bracket having a fiat body portion which is adapted to bear against the wall and having outstanding ears which project horizontally from the body portion when the bracket is in position for use, the body of the bracket and the heads of the bolts which secure the bracket in place, may be entirely plastered over, leaving visible only the end portions of the ears. The number of such hangers will, of course, depend upon the length of the radiator. At least two will be used, and more if necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

I l. A hanger for a wall radiator comprising supporting means adapted to be secured to the wall, a rod mounted in said support nwataa ing holding means, means on said rod for holding the rod at a fixed height relative to said supporting means and for adjusting the position of the rod, said rod having at its lower end a radiator seat, and an upper device mounted on said rod above said nut,

and means adjustable along said rod for holding said device any desired distance from the lower radiator seat.

3. In a hanger for a wall radiator, supporting means adapted to be secured to the wall and having outstanding members, a

radiator supporting rod passing through said members and having upper and lower radiator engaging means, the lower portion of the rod being enlarged in one direction relative to the upper portion, said lower member having a slot leading outwardly from the part of the lower member which receives the enlarged part of the rod.

4. In a hanger for a wall radiator, a bracket'adapted to be secured to the Wall, said, bracket having outstanding ears, a rod supported by said bracket and having at its lower end a radiator seat, the upper part of the rod being round and the lower part rectangular in cross section, the lower ear having a rectangular opening through which the rectangular part of the rod passes, and having a slot leading outward from said opening, said slot having a width equal substantially to the diameter of the upper part of the rod.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE I. CHITTENDEN.

Witnesses;

L. I. PoR'rER, A. F. Kwis.

Corrections in Letters Patent No. 1,172,582.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,172,582, granted February 22,

1916, upon the application of George I. Chittenden, of Cleveland, Ohio, for a improvement in Hangers for Wall-Radiators, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 51, claim 1, strike out the u H word holding same page, line and claim, before the WOld means, second occurrence, insert the Word holding; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 21st day of March, A. D., 1916.

[SEAL] J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. Cl. 2483(). 

